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Zan

Posted 15 February 2006 - 02:11 PM

burnsryan

Posted 15 February 2006 - 02:17 PM

burnsryan

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ok here goes...................when i switch on my lap top the following message appears. "missing operating system". im lost.!!!!!!! tried to re install 98 and then XP from cd drive but no joy. then tried a floppy boot but still nothing

Posted 15 February 2006 - 02:28 PM

burnsryan

Posted 15 February 2006 - 02:33 PM

Zan

Posted 15 February 2006 - 02:41 PM

Zan

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First, it sounds like the hard drive is completely blank.
Second, the only way I know to tell on the 98 is to put the cd in and see. If it is an upgrade it will tell you you need to have an earlier version installed. I don't know about xp, hate the program. So, when you put in the 98 cd what happens?

burnsryan

Posted 15 February 2006 - 02:53 PM

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cant do anything-----my screen is blank with only the words "missing operating system" at he top. there is no response from any keys i press (apart from loud beeps) ctrl + alt + del reboots the machine

Zan

Posted 15 February 2006 - 02:57 PM

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I'm not one of the techs on this site, just had my share of experience. Keep looking for help. You might post this under hardware as well since it's sounding more and more like thats what it is. It sounds like bios and such are missing from the machine. Try a restart and hitting f8 to see if you can get to the bios. Run the fdisk again and see if there are any partitions left. Sorry I can't be more help.
Zan